Legislative Update: Three Bills to Watch
Three education-related bills are working their way through the Texas legislature, and show promise of one day becoming law. Here’s [...]
5th Circuit OK’s Board Meeting Prayer
Since 1997, the Birdville ISD has opened school board meetings with a one-minute student statement. The speaker is chosen at [...]
Major Changes to Texas School Funding?
On March 6, 2017, Dan Huberty, Chair of the House Committee on Public Education, filed HB 21 relating to the [...]
Immigration Enforcement Picks Up Speed
As discussed in our February 2017 client alert, immigration policy is changing at a rapid pace. As one would suspect, [...]
Is Your Institution Properly Maintaining Criminal History Data?
Department of Public Safety Audits: Is Your Institution Properly Maintaining Criminal History Data? The Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) conducts [...]
SCOTUS Rejects Low IDEA Standard
In late March, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lower court’s ruling that required a school to provide only a [...]
Public Information Requirements for Body Camera Footage
Body camera footage captured by a school district or college police department is public information that, barring an exception, must [...]
Open Records News
Electronic Filing The Texas Attorney General’s Open Records Division is now authorized to accept electronic submissions as part of the [...]
Preparing Students with Disabilities For Postsecondary education and Employment
Transition services are services or supports that are designed to help students in their post-school lives, whether that be [...]
Students can sue before exhausting admin remedies
In a decision that could open the door for increased litigation against schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a [...]